City Legislature in Durham Town, Strafford County, New Hampshire

Town Council functions as both the governing body and legislative body, as do city councils in cities. Where the town council is both the governing body and the legislative body, it generally has all the powers and duties of selectmen, city councils and boards of aldermen, and may address all matters that general law requires to be done at town meetings, all as provided by RSA 49-D:3, l(a). The charter may provide for voter referenda on certain issues at special town meetings called for the sole purpose of deciding those issues. RSA 49. D:3, l(e). (Of course, some state statutes require that certain questions be decided by official ballot vote.)